A Corpus-Based Investigation of the Language and Linguistic Patterns of One Genre and the Implications for Language Teaching.

Henry, Alex; Roseberry, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ540763

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Publication Date: 1996

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A Corpus-Based Investigation of the Language and Linguistic Patterns of One Genre and the Implications for Language Teaching.

Henry, Alex; Roseberry, Robert L.

Research in the Teaching of English, v30 n4 p472-89 Dec 1996

Reports on a study of genre and register that reaches the following conclusions concerning the teaching of language and literature: (1) teaching should concentrate on the move structure of genres and the concomitant move registers rather than the general register of a genre as a whole; and (2) the teaching of reading and writing should be integrated. (TB)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Linguistics, Literary Genres, Reading Instruction, Text Structure, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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